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Use dmy dates|date=February 2012Use British English|date=February 2012 Carl Douglas (born 10 May 1942) is a Jamaica n-born, United Kingdom|UK -based former singer , best known for his song " Kung Fu Fighting ", which hit chart-topper|number one in both the UK Singles Chart and the United States|U.S. Billboard Hot 100| Billboard Hot 100 in 1974. It was awarded music recording sales certification|gold status by the Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA on 27 November 1974, and won a Grammy Award for Best Selling Single in 16th Grammy Awards|that year's event .cite book | first= Joseph | last= Murrells | year= 1978 | title= The Book of Golden Discs | edition= 2nd | publisher= Barrie and Jenkins Ltd | location= London | page= 344 | isbn= 0-214-20512-6 It eventually went on to sell eleven million records worldwide,cite web|title=Biddu|author=James Ellis|work= Metro (British newspaper)|Metro |url= http://www.metro.co.uk/showbiz/interviews/412-biddu|accessdate=2011-04-17cite web|date=20 August 2004|title=It's a big step from disco to Sanskrit chants, but Biddu has made it|author=Malika Browne|work= The Sunday Times |url= http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article471655.ece|accessdate=2011-05-30 making it one of the list of best-selling singles worldwide|best-selling singles of all time.
The song, which is an homage to martial arts film s, has overshadowed the rest of the Douglas' career, resulting in his appearance on cover version s of the song. He did release two other singles ("Blue Eyed Soul" and "Dance the Kung Fu", which was sampled by DJ Premier on his 2007 remix of Nike, Inc.|Nike 's 25th Air Force One anniversary single "Classic (Better Than I've Ever Been)", featuring Kanye West , Nas (rapper)|Nas , KRS-One and Rakim ) but he has ultimately become known in recording history as an example of a one hit wonder .
He was at one time managed by Eric Woolfson , http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/eric-woolfson-singer-and-songwriter-with-the-alan-parsons-project-1886164.html Eric Woolfson Obituary, The Independent later the primary songwriter behind The Alan Parsons Project .
In 1998, a re-recording of "Kung Fu Fighting", billed as ' Bus Stop (band)|Bus Stop featuring Carl Douglas', reached number 8 in the UK Singles Chart.cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | page= 167 | isbn= 1-904994-10-5
He now resides in Hamburg , Germany , where he runs Schacht Musik Verlage (SMV), a publishing company that coordinates film s, documentary|documentaries , and advertisement s. http://www.bmusic.com.au/links/whatsnew/newsletters/archives/newsno153.html#where dead link|date=February 2012cite web|author=Silverspoon.de |url= http://carl-douglas.com/ |title=Kung Fu Fighting |publisher=Carl Douglas |date= |accessdate=2012-02-10cite web|url= http://www.smv.de/ |title=SMV & #124; Schacht Musik Verlage |publisher=Smv.de |date= |accessdate=2012-02-10
See also
Kung Fu Fighting
Biddu
List of artists who reached number one on the UK Singles Chart
List of artists who reached number one in the United States
List of artists who reached number one on the Australian singles chart
List of 1970s one-hit wonders in the United States
List of disco artists (A-E)
List of performers on Top of the Pops
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Reflist Persondata | NAME = Douglas, Carl | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = James Holden | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = 10 May 1942 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Douglas, Carl Category:1942 births Category:Grammy Award winners Category:Jamaican male singers Category:Living people
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